Day Nineteen January 30, 2008 Wednesday

Today I had a bit of a lie-in. I guess that day at the beach really took it out of me! I woke up at about nine and got ready for a day in town. Erin had a meeting in Queens Park at eleven, so we headed out at about five after ten. The bike ride really is a very nice little ride. It is indeed quite a distance, but very doable. I’m really excited about it actually because my thighs are going to be amazing when I go home. We got to Queens Park with about ten minutes to spare so we sat by the big water fountain and waited for the rest of Erin’s group. Eventually they all got there and a couple of the other girls who had just come with their roommates decided to go to the school to get on the internet. I decided to tag along and see if I could get the wireless to work. I ended up loading pictures and talking most of the hour because I couldn’t figure out the wireless. At about ten minutes to 12 we rode our bikes across town to Pizza Hut for Tyler’s birthday. It was nice, but I didn’t want to eat there so I ended up leaving with two other girls on a hunt for wireless internet. I thought for sure that Starbucks would have it, since it is free in the states. However, after I got all situated inside I tried to log on and found that you had to pay to be able to use it! I was very discouraged to say the least. I decided to head back to the school by myself and at the very least e-mail the people that had written to me so that they got some type of update. Luckily after I was there for a while one of my friends came into the lab with her external flash drive (I had forgotten mine) and I was able to finally update my blog! I am amazingly behind in putting pictures up, but at least now everyone can know what has been happening to me. While I was in the computer lab my roommate told me that she talked to our director about switching houses because she is allergic to the cat. I started to panic a little because I love my house and family and I didn’t want to have to leave. I decided that I would go talk to the director myself. Luckily Ken assured me that even if they had to move Erin out that they would do everything they could to keep me here. Feeling better I hopped on my bike to meet Erin by the bridge at five to make it home in time for tea. The bike rides were both very pleasant today, although I know that my muscles will be protesting for the next few days. We came back home to a wonderful supper of curry and cooked cabbage which was absolutely divine! After dinner Erin wasn’t feeling too well so I went with Vicki and the girls to her friend Sandra’s house to do a little socializing. They actually asked me a couple questions about the church, none relating to doctrine of course, and I was amazed at how little they knew. BYU students have been coming down here for a few years now, don’t they ever open their mouths? I guess that I have earned my right as the ‘loud one’ as Vicki likes to call me! The funny thing about that is that Erin is louder than me when we are with our group and I have been the quite one for the last two years with Tanya, so being dubbed as the loud one is actually quite hysterical for me! I am totally spent, so I am going to hit the sack so I have plenty of energy for the beach tomorrow.